Having REEL Fun

Brrr… Baby it’s Cold Outside. Don’t let the cool days keep you from hooking up. Just remember it’s not the temp that makes things...

The Coffee Table

Vocabulary Diet   My son and I swap notes about things we’ve appreciated on Netflix. I’d rather not waste my time sampling undesirable shows, so I lean...

Esoteric Astrology as news for week December 6 – 12, 2023

St. Nick, Hanukkah, New Moon, Two Marys & Mercury retrograde!   We have a week filled with multiple festivals, a saint’s day, a festival of light,...

The Dirt on Nicky

Parsley’s age rolls merry with time Don’t you just love parsley? This nutritious carrot family member is consumed in our happy nation more than any...

HavingREELFun

Has anyone ever worn a shirt that says I love my girlfriend more than spearfishing? 18-year-old Chris Cantrell started diving and spearfishing a couple of...

The Coffee Table

I’m grateful for the continued opportunity to extemporize in what was, until his recent passing, my husband’s space in this newspaper. I promise not...

The Coffee Table

Oblivious Upbringings — Part I I am not the cleanest person on the planet, but I like order. Kinda makes sense. My mom was a neatnik and...

The Coffee Table

Color Me Human The first words a new mother hears are “It’s a boy!” or “It’s a girl!”  At that instant, something clicks in the...

The Dirt on Nicky

Large and furry Back when some of us spoke proto-Indo-European, we called it “moldus” because the leaves were soft. Millennia went by in a flash...

The Nature of Eureka

Bittercress — Salad Green among the Weeds It’s challenging to walk through fields and forest this time of year and pick a bouquet of flowers....